Fortune Minerals Limited (TSX: FT) (OTCQB: FTMDF) is a Canadian mining company focused on developing the advanced iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG class) NICO Project, which is comprised of a proposed mine and concentrator, up in the Northwest Territories, and a refinery in Southern Canada to produce cobalt, gold, bismuth and copper. We learned from Robin Goad, President and CEO of Fortune Minerals, that they are busy optimizing the project, based on the 2014 feasibility study development strategy, using current costs, up-to-date metal prices and currency exchange estimates, as well as some improvements to the project it has identified. We learned from Mr. Goad that Fortune Minerals is developing NICO as a vertically integrated project, and is involved in discussions with both the Canadian and US governments for potential funding for it, based on their Joint Action Plan for Critical Mineral supply. Cobalt and Bismuth are both identified on the US Critical Minerals List – having essential uses in essential manufacturing and defense industries, cannot be substituted by other minerals and their supply chains are threatened by geographic concentration of production and/or geopolitical risks. The NICO Deposit also contains more than one million ounces of gold as a countercyclical and liquid co-product.Click here to continue...

ioneer Ltd (ASX: INR) is the 100% owner of the Rhyolite Ridge, Lithium-Boron Project, located in Nevada, USA, the only known lithium-boron deposit in North America and one of only two known such deposits in the world. The Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS), released April 30, 2020, places Rhyolite Ridge as the single most attractive, lowest cost project for the economic production of lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide and boric acid globally. In addition, the DFS confirms that the project has the most stable overall operating cost structure, for the production of lithium carbonate and battery grade lithium hydroxide, due to the scale and reliability of its boric acid credit. We learned from James Calaway, Chairman of ioneer, that next steps include starting the 12 month formal process of obtaining environmental permits. Rhyolite Ridge is expected to become a globally significant, long-life, cost-effective source of lithium and boron, vital to a sustainable future.Click here to continue...

Aztec Minerals Corp. (AZT: TSX-V, OTCQB: AZZTF) is a mineral exploration company, focused on the discovery of exceptional mineral deposits in North America. We learned from Bradford Cooke, Chairman of Aztec Minerals, that they are focused on new discoveries at their Cervantes porphyry gold-copper property in Sonora, Mexico, as well as their Tombstone project, located in Southeast Arizona, approximately 65 km northeast of the massive new Taylor zinc-lead-copper-silver ‘CRD’ discovery.Click here to continue...

Resolution Minerals Ltd (ASX: RML) (formerly Northern Cobalt) has entered into a binding term sheet, with Millrock Resources Inc., to acquire, via joint venture earn-in, up to 80% of the 64 North Gold Project, located within the Tintina gold province, Alaska, which hosts more than 80Moz in gold, including the massive 45Moz Donlin Creek deposit. Divided into a pipeline of nine prospects, largely unexplored, the 64 North Project surrounds Northern Star’s Pogo Mine, total endowment of 10 million ounces of gold and is currently producing at a rate of 300,000 ounces per annum. We learned from Duncan Chessell, Managing Director of Resolution Minerals that they immediately built a road into the project and were able to commence drilling early this year, with the results coming back right now. Plans for 2020 include a fully funded exploration drilling program at the Aurora and Eco prospects.Click here to continue...

We learned from Tom Revy, Managing Director of BlackEarth Minerals (ASX: BEM), that they are focused on fast tracking the high-grade, near-surface Maniry Graphite Project, located in the southern region of Madagascar. We learned from Mr. Revy that their current resource is about 20 million tons of material, grading from 6% to 7% total graphitic carbon (TGC). The property remains open to further discovery, with the current project area well positioned to pursue its exploration target of between 260-380 million tonnes of graphite at 6-8% TGC. With the ultimate strategy of getting to cashflow as quickly and responsibly as possible, BlackEarth will continue to maintain its current momentum, in order to take advantage of the predicted natural graphite shortage forecasted until 2023/24.Click here to continue...

Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (TSX: GCM; OTCQX: TPRFF) is a Canadian-based mid-tier gold producer, with its primary focus in Colombia, where it is currently the largest underground gold and silver producer, with several mines in operation at its high-grade Segovia Operations. Gran Colombia owns approximately 74% of Caldas Gold Corp., a Canadian mining company, currently advancing a prefeasibility study for a major expansion and modernization of its underground mining operations at its Marmato Project in Colombia. We learned from Mike Davies, CFO of Gran Colombia Gold, that in 2019 they produced close to 240,000 ounces of gold at as low as $916 all in sustaining costs an ounce, generating US $326.5 million in revenue and came a long way in terms of strengthening the balance sheet. We learned from Mr. Davies that Gran Colombia Gold has spun out their Marmato operation into a new company called Caldas Gold Corp. (TSX-V: CGC). According to Mr. Davies, the Marmato asset has a significant expansion opportunity as outlined in the 2019 PEA.Click here to continue...

Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT) is the world’s leading gold company and a producer of copper, silver, zinc and lead. Newmont’s world-class portfolio of assets, prospects and talent is anchored in favorable mining jurisdictions, in North America, South America, Australia and Africa. We learned from Steve Gottesfeld, who is Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability and External Affairs Officer at Newmont, that they have established a $20 million Community Support Fund to help host communities, governments and employees combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the areas of Newmont's operations.Click here to continue...

Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA, NYSE: SA) holds a 100% interest in several vast North American gold resource projects. The Company's principal assets are the KSM and Iskut properties, located near Stewart, British Columbia, Canada and the Courageous Lake gold project, located in Canada's Northwest Territories. Rudi Fronk, Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Seabridge Gold, believes we are now in a new bull market for gold, and his Company's goal is to continue to provide optionality and leverage to the gold price by increasing gold ownership per common share, as they have successfully done over the past 20 years. According to Mr. Fronk, Seabridge's exploration team has found more gold over the past 15+ years than any other gold company. The Company's current total reserves include 45 million ounces of proven and probable gold reserves, just over 10 billion pounds of copper, and nearly 200 million ounces of silver.Click here to continue...

We recently talked with Trent Mell, President and CEO of First Cobalt (TSX.V: FCC, OTCQX: FTSSF). First Cobalt is positioned to have its Refinery producing Cobalt as early as Q4 2020. First Cobalt has partnered with Glencore and they have been working on a feasibility study that will be released in a few weeks. The Company has the only permitted cobalt refinery in North America capable of producing battery materials. Look for the feasibility study results; First Cobalt should be revalued when they go into production.Click here to continue...

Auramex Resource Corp. (TSX.V: AUX) is focused on exploring an historic gold mine, in the Golden Triangle, in British Columbia. Years of previous work focused on the area of the old workings. For the first time, Auramex Resource is using a systematic and comprehensive exploration approach that fuses “traditional” and emerging, cutting-edge exploration techniques. We learned from Lawrence Roulston, CEO of Auramex, that last summer they began reviewing the core that was drilled by the previous operators and began looking at it, in the context of modern scientific techniques, to extract valuable information. Plans for 2020 include further reviewing the old core, more surface geological work, as well as geochemical and geophysical programs, all aimed at accurately defining targets for a planned drilling program.Click here to continue...

U.S. Gold Corp. (NASDAQ: USAU) has a portfolio of exploration properties in the USA including Copper King, a PEA stage gold/copper property located in Southeast Wyoming, and Keystone and Maggie Creek - district scale exploration properties on the Cortez and Carlin Trends in Nevada. We learned from Ed Karr, who's President and CEO of U.S. Gold Corp., that the Company recently internally updated the PEA sensitivity tables on the Copper King project shows that at $1600 gold and $2.80 copper the project is very robust with NPV of 321.6 million dollars using a 5% discount rate. In Nevada, the more advanced Keystone project has a potential to become a world-class gold system. U.S. Gold Corp. is one of the very few junior exploration companies listed on NASDAQ, has an extremely tight capital structure with only 2.44 million shares 30% of which is owned by management and insiders.Click here to continue...

We spoke with Ted Ellwood, President, CEO and Director of Peloton Minerals Corporation (CSE: PMC), during PDAC 2020. Peloton is a gold exploration company, scratching the surface of Carlin trend type prospects in Nevada. Peloton has a strong team that is ramping up an aggressive drill program on several projects. Look for lots of great news from Peloton this summer. Peloton also is exploring a project with two past producing mines in Montana.Click here to continue...

We learned from Mike Mutchler, President and CEO of Amarillo Gold Corp. (TSXV: AGC, OTCQB: AGCBF), that they are developing two gold properties in mining-friendly Brazil. The open pit Mara Rosa Project, in the Goias State, has a NI 43-101 compliant resource of 1.1 million ounces of open-pit reserve at 1.4 grams per ton, and is open along a 20 kilometer trend. The Lavras do Sul Project, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the South of Brazil, is an advanced exploration stage property, comprising more than 22 targets, centered on historic gold workings. Amarillo is currently drilling both properties, with the results expected shortly. Plans for 2020 include; receiving the installation license at Mara Rosa by mid-year, locking in the final construction financing, and commencing construction of the mine. According to Mr. Mutchler, the 7,000 ton per day processing plant will be commissioned in late 2021, with first gold pouring late 2021 and full commercial production in early 2022. Mr. Mutchler believes that right now is a very good time to build a gold mine in Brazil.Click here to continue...

AbraPlata (TSX-V: ABRA) is focused on the Diablillos silver-gold property, located in the mining friendly province of Salta, Argentina, that holds 140 million silver-equivalent ounces or 1.7 million gold-equivalent ounces in indicated resource, with significant expansion potential. This is a very large advanced-stage project, with a robust initial open pit PEA, completed in 2018, and an ongoing drilling program that shows initial results of 7.0m at 20.6 g/t Au and 202 g/t Ag, and 17.5m at 604 g/t Ag within oxides. We learned from John Miniotis, President and CEO of AbraPlata, that 2020 plans include a 3,000-meter drilling program that will result in an updated resource and an optimized PEA. According to Mr. Miniotis, AbraPlata has a very low valuation relative to its peer group, while at the same time holding very good exploration upside potential, as witnessed by their recent drill results. In addition, AbraPlata owns the Arcas project in Chile, where Rio Tinto has an option to earn up to a 75% interest, by funding up to US$25 million in exploration. The Company also owns the highly prospective Cerro Amarillo property, with its cluster of five mineralized Cu-(Mo-Au) porphyry intrusions, and the Aguas Perdidas, Patagonia-style epithermal Au-Ag property.Click here to continue...

Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. (TSX.V: NOU; OTCQX: NMGRF; Frankfurt: NM9) is developing the Matawinie graphite mining project, located in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, 150 km north of Montréal, QC, and it is the largest graphite operation projected in the Western world. The 2018 Feasibility Study revealed strong economics, with projected graphite concentrate production of 100,000 tons per year, with an average concentrate purity of 97%, over a 26-year period. We learned from Eric Desaulniers, President and CEO of Nouveau Monde, that they are targeting the steel making industry market and the lithium-ion battery market. Currently, Nouveau Monde operates a demonstration plant, where it produces concentrated flake graphite, which is being sent to potential North American and international clients for the qualification of its products. Nouveau Monde is planning a large-scale secondary graphite transformation facility, for perspective vertical integration, within the electrical vehicle market. According to Mr. Desaulniers, 2020 will be a pivotal year, as the Company receives commercial scale permits and begins construction of the mine and concentrator in the fall. Dedicated to high standards of sustainability, the Matawinie graphite project will be the first of its kind to operate as an all-electric, low-carbon mine.Click here to continue...

During PDAC 2020, we talked with Damien Koerber, COO of Equus Mining (ASE: EQE). Equus is currently exploring the Cerro Bayo Silver and Gold project, aggressively and intends to establish sufficient resources to put the past-performing mine back into production.Click here to continue...

We learned from Interview with Kargl-Simard, President, CEO and Director of Adventus Mining Corporation (TSX-V: ADZN; OTCQX: ADVZF), that they are an exploration and development company, focused on building a copper-gold business in Ecuador. Adventus Mining is run by an all-Ecuadorian team, has one of Ecuador's largest and most respected private organizations - Nobis Group of Ecuador - as one of its strategic shareholders, and has partnered with Salazar Resources, which is the most successful explorer in Ecuador's history. Adventus is leading the exploration and engineering advancement of the Curipamba copper-gold project, in Ecuador, as part of an earn-in agreement to obtain a 75% ownership interest. Near-term plans include finishing the feasibility study on the high-grade El Domo deposit, located on the project, then getting ready to submit a draft of an environmental assessment, to the government, by next year, and ultimately, making a construction decision by early 2022. In addition, two new copper-gold porphyry districts, Pijili and Santiago, are being prepared for drilling in Q3-2020. Adventus Mining is well-financed, and its financially driven strategic investors include Altius Minerals Corporation, Greenstone Resources LP, Resource Capital Funds, and Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.Click here to continue...

Rubicon Minerals Corporation (TSX: RMX | OTCQX: RBYCF) is an advanced gold developer that owns the Phoenix Gold Project, located in the prolific Red Lake gold district in northwestern Ontario, Canada. We learned from George Ogilvie, P.Eng. President, CEO, and Director of Rubicon Minerals, that they have a compliant NI 43-101 resource, with 811,000 ounces of measured and indicated, with a gold grade in the ground of 6.45 grams per tonne, and a 1,800 tonne per day metric mill ready to go. In addition, the project has 464,000 ounces of inferred gold, with a grade slightly below 7 grams per tonne. Plans for 2020 include completing the feasibility study in the second half of the year that will show robust economics at conservative gold prices. At the end of 2020, Rubicon plans to announce the project financing to take the mine forward, quickly, to commercial production.Click here to continue...

GMV Minerals Inc. (TSX-V: GMV) is focused on developing the Mexican Hat Gold project, located in Cochise County, Arizona, USA, with near term gold production plans. The project contains an inferred mineral resource of 32,876,000 tonnes, grading 0.616 g/t gold at a 0.2 g/t cut-off, containing 651,000 ounces of gold. The NI 43-101 Technical Report, Preliminary Economic Assessment was released in December 2018. We learned from Ian Klassen, President and CEO of GMV Minerals, that they are in the process of updating the PEA, with lower cap-ex and longer mine life. Mr. Klassen believes in a stronger gold market going forward.Click here to continue...

Ubique Minerals (CSE: UBQ, OTCMKTS: GRNBF) is a zinc exploration company, focused on further exploring and developing their Daniel's Harbour zinc properties, strategically situated in Newfoundland, Canada. We learned from Dr. Gerald Harper, Director and CEO of Ubique Minerals, that Daniel's Harbor is a past-producing, very high-grade zinc mine that produced eight million tons of premium zinc concentrate, with no impurities that was bid for by smelters around the world. After acquiring the property, Ubique Minerals conducted three drilling programs in 2017, 2018, and 2019 and all of them have extended the ore zones and have intersected more mineralization. Near-term plans include raising funds to drill several potentially high-tonnage targets to build up the resource and go forward with a pre-feasibility study.Click here to continue...

A rapidly growing gold producer Perseus Mining Limited (ASX/TSX: PRU) operates two gold mines in West Africa and is developing its third mine, with the goal to increase gold production to over 500,000 ounces per year in 2021/2022. We learned from Jeff Quartermaine, Managing Director of Perseus Mining, that they are focused in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, the two countries that rate very highly in terms of mineral endowment, political stability, and safety and security, and where Perseus has a very strong social license to operate. According to Mr. Quartermaine, the Company's strong cash flow can not only fund future growth of the Company, but has brought closer the decision to fund the future dividend stream for investors. Near term plans include bringing the third asset, the Yaouré Gold Mine, into production by the end of the year.Click here to continue...

We talked with Scott Williamson, Managing Director of Blackstone Minerals (ASX: BSX), during PDAC 2020. Blackstone just made a new high-grade discovery (King Cobra) at their Ta Khoa Nickel project, in Northern Vietnam. They intersected 60 meters at 1.3% nickel, plus copper, cobalt, platinum, palladium, and gold, four grams per ton on a gold equivalent. King Cobra is a surface deposit, with very high-grade shallow and potentially open-pit ore bodies. Blackstone could be mining this Nickle discovery, within two years. Blackstone has real promise.Click here to continue...

We learned from Stephen Wilkinson, President and CEO of Blue Star Gold Corp. (TSX-V: BAU; Frankfurt: 5WP), that they are focused exclusively in the Western half of the Northern territory of Nunavut, in Canada, with projects situated inside the Arctic Circle on the Inuit-owned lands. Blue Star owns the highly prospective, 8,015 ha, Hood River gold property that has a number of bonanza-grade gold occurrences, grading hundreds of grams per ton. In addition, according the its latest news release, the Company has recently exercised its option and has acquired the high-grade, development-stage Ulu Gold Project that hosts high-grade resources of over 830,000 estimated gold ounces, of which 605,000 oz are in measured and indicated category, with excellent potential for resource growth. We learned from Mr. Wilkinson, Blue Star will undertake the site cleanup at Ulu project, as they promised to the Kitikmeot Inuit Association, to turn it into usable soil again. Other plans for 2020, at Ulu project, include adding resources through drilling and surface sampling.Click here to continue...

We learned from Tim Daniels, President and Director of Erin Ventures (TSX.V: EV), that they are a Canadian-based, emerging mineral exploration company, focused on the advancement and development of the 100% owned Piskanja boron project located in Serbia. Piskanja project is a high-grade boron deposit with a NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource of 7.8 million indicated tonnes (30.8% B2O3), in addition to 3.4 million inferred tonnes (28.6% B2O3). According to Mr. Daniels, by the fall of 2022, Erin is expecting to be fully licensed and ready to move forward, with development of the actual mine.Click here to continue...

West Red Lake Gold Mines Inc. (CSE: RLG, OTCQB: RLGMF, FSE: HYK) has assembled a significant property position, totaling 3,100 hectares in the Red Lake Gold District, which is host to some of the richest gold deposits in the world and has produced 30 million ounces of gold from high grade zones. There are three former gold mines on the property: the Mount Jamie Mine and Red Summit Mine properties are 100% owned by the Company and the Rowan Mine property is held in a 60%-owned joint venture with Newmont Corp. During PDAC 2020, we learned from John Kontak, President of West Red Lake Gold Mines, that Evolution Mining will be acquiring the Newmont part of the Rowan Mine property, while West Red Lake Gold remains the operator. The January drilling program showed gold near surface. Near-term plans include follow-up drilling and exploring a new deposit at the NT zone, along with the Rowan Deposit.Click here to continue...

We learned from Michael Nesbitt of Kalo Exploration, a privately held mineral exploration and drilling company based out of Fiji that they have a large land package of 367 square kilometers under license, including the Cirianiu (SPL 1464) and Coqeloa (SPL 1511) Prospects, located on Fiji's North Island, with an inferred resource of 158,831 ounces of gold. Kalo controls a 25-kilometer mineralized corridor that, according to Mr. Nesbitt, will turn out to be host to a very significant deposit.Click here to continue...

Murchison Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: MUR) is focused on its 100% owned high-grade zinc-copper-silver Brabant-McKenzie project, located in Saskatchewan, the number one ranked mining jurisdiction in Canada. Murchison also holds a 100% interest in the HPM nickel-copper-cobalt project in Quebec where it has recently doubled its claim holdings. We learned from JC Potvin, President, CEO and Chairman of Murchison Minerals, that the Brabant McKenzie deposit, with 2.1 MT @ 10% Zn eq. (Indicated) and 7.7 MT @6.3% Zn eq. (Inferred), remains open for expansion. It is located at 175 kilometres northeast of La Ronge, within excellent surrounding infrastructure, including provincial highway, grid power, water and service centers. The surrounding land package is highly prospective for additional VMS deposits, which tend to occur in clusters.Click here to continue...

IsoEnergy Ltd. (TSXV: ISO; OTCQX: ISENF) has just announced fantastic results from their current drill program, at their high-grade, Hurricane Zone uranium discovery, on the Larocque East property, located in the Eastern Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan, Canada. Two drill holes intersected massive pitchblende areas measuring >65,000CPS (off-scale on the RS-125), which will translate into very high-grade uranium mineralization and the most significant and strongest mineralization drilled to date on the property. We learned from Craig Parry, CEO of IsoEnergy, to which the market responded well, trading big volumes at a higher share price. IsoEnergy expects the full drilling assays back in time for PDAC. According to Mr. Parry, these results really confirm Hurricane to be a serious new discovery that will become a significant new deposit in Eastern Athabasca.Click here to continue...

Timberline Resources Corporation (OTCQB: TLR; TSX-V: TBR) is advancing district-scale gold exploration and development projects in Nevada, where the Company controls mineral rights on over 43 square miles. We learned from Dr. Steven Osterberg, President and CEO of Timberline Resources, that they chose to focus on Nevada because it is a world-class mining and mining investment jurisdiction, with well-established districts. Timberline's projects are located on the prolific Battle Mountain-Eureka gold trend. The Company has drill discoveries in three projects, including a high grade multi-gram discovery on Eureka Project that holds over 500,000 ounces of qualified resources and is open for expansion. We learned from Dr. Osterberg, that Timberline has a very tight share structure, very high insider ownership, with Directors and Management holding about 37% of the Company, and a very diverse Board, with both technical and capital markets experience.Click here to continue...

Vision Lithium Grants 2,500,000 Incentive Stock OptionsVAL-D'OR, QC, June 5, 2020 /CNW/ - Vision Lithium Inc. (TSXV: VLI) (OTC PINK: ABEPF) (the "Company" or "Vision Lithium") announces that it granted 2,500,000 incentive stock options to certain directors, officers and employees of the Company, pursuant to the Company's incentive stock option plan. Each option is exercisable into one common share of Vision Lithium at a price of $0.10 per share for a period of 5 years from the date of grant. 50% of the options vest immediately and the remaining 50% will vest 6 months following the date of grant.

Grupo Simec Files Its Form 20-F For The 2019 Financial YearGUADALAJARA, Jalisco, Mexico, June 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: SIM) (BMV: SIMEC-B)(the "Company") today filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2019 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov. The Form 20-F is also available on the investor relations section of the Company's website at www.gsimec.com.mx/reporte-anual.php. Shareholders may request a hard copy of the Form 20-F, including the Company's complete audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019, free of charge, by contacting the Company's Investor Relations director, Jose Luis Tinajero, by email at jose.luis.tinajero@industriasch.com.mx.

ECP Push Pier Systems Secure ICC-ES ESR-4471OLATHE, Kan., June 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- ECP recently received ESR-4471 from the International Code Council Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) providing evidence that the PPB-300 and PPB-350 push pier systems comply with the 2018 and 2015 International Building Codes (IBC).

Maverix Metals and Pan American Silver Announce Closing of Secondary OfferingVANCOUVER, BC, June 5, 2020 /CNW/ - Maverix Metals Inc. (NYSE American & TSX: MMX) (the "Company" or "Maverix") and Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ & TSX: PAAS) ("Pan American") are pleased to announce the closing of the previously announced overnight marketed secondary offering of common shares of Maverix held by Pan American, including the exercise in full of the over-allotment option (together, the "Secondary Offering"). Pursuant to the Secondary Offering, Pan American sold 10,350,000 common shares of Maverix at a price of US$4.40 per common share for aggregate gross proceeds of US$45,540,000.

Effect of the Fire at Boliden KevitsaBOLIDEN, Sweden, June 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Production at the concentrating plant has been able to restart after the fire in the primary crushing plant the night between 28 and 29 May, as was communicated earlier. Mobile crushing plants have been set up and production is at almost 90 per cent of normal capacity.

Hublot Launches the BIG BANG eNYON, Switzerland, June 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Hublot first released the Big Bang in 2005. Since then, this model has come to embody Swiss watchmaking in the third millennium.

Alexco Reports Voting Results from Annual General MeetingVANCOUVER, BC, June 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Alexco Resource Corp. (NYSE: AXU) (TSX: AXU) ("Alexco" or the "Company") announces the results of matters voted upon its Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of shareholders held earlier today.

Cardinal Resources Ltd (ASX:CDV) Debt Purchased by GIIF from SprottCardinal Resources Limited (ASX:CDV) (FRA:C3L) (OTCMKTS:CRDNF) (TSE:CDV) is pleased to announce that the senior secured credit facility (as amended in February 2020 and March 2020) ("Facility") has been assigned from Sprott Private Resource Lending (Collector), L.P. ("Sprott") to the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund ("GIIF"), a Ghana Government owned infrastructure investment vehicle. The Company has been informed that completion of the acquisition by GIIF occurred on 4 June 2020.

Nucor Announces 189th Consecutive Cash DividendCHARLOTTE, N.C., June 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) declared the regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.4025 per share on Nucor's common stock. This cash dividend is payable on August 11, 2020 to stockholders of record on June 30, 2020 and is Nucor's 189(th) consecutive quarterly cash dividend.

Geodrill Announces Renewal Of Normal Course Issuer BidTORONTO, June 4, 2020 /CNW/ - Geodrill Limited ("Geodrill" or the "Company") (TSX: GEO), a leading West African based drilling company, announced today that the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") has accepted its notice of intention to renew its normal course issuer bid (the "New NCIB Program") to purchase outstanding ordinary shares of the Company (the "Ordinary Shares") on the open market in accordance with the rules of the TSX. Any such purchases will occur from time to time and in aggregate will be up to 2,223,665 Ordinary Shares (being approximately 5% of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company) over a 12-month period commencing on June 7, 2020 and terminating on June 6, 2021 (the "New NCIB Program"). The New NCIB Program was approved by the shareholders of the Company on May 13, 2020. Pursuant to a previous notice of intention to conduct a normal course issuer bid, under which Company sought and received approval from the TSX to purchase up to 2,194,225 Ordinary Shares for the period of June 7, 2019 to June 6, 2020 (the "Current NCIB Program"), the Company has repurchased, as of June 4, 2020, a total of 23,500 Ordinary Shares on the open market at an average purchase price of $1.57 per Ordinary Share. As of June 4, 2020, Geodrill had 44,548,300 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding and 13,205,000 Ordinary Shares in the public float.

Meritor Announces Pricing of NotesTROY, Mich., June 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Meritor, Inc. (NYSE:MTOR) today announced the pricing on June 3, 2020 of $300 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.25% unsecured senior notes due 2025 (the "notes"). The offering is being made in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers, in reliance on Rule 144A, and to non-U.S. persons in offshore transactions, in reliance on Regulation S, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Schindler launches new modular elevatorsEBIKON, Switzerland, June 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Schindler announced the launch of its new modular elevator generation equipped with innovative technology, including touchless technology, advanced connectivity, and additional digital services that allow for a brand-new passenger experience.

Katanga Mining Completes Amalgamation TransactionZUG, Switzerland, June 3, 2020 /CNW/ - Katanga Mining Limited (TSX: KAT) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the successful completion of its previously announced amalgamation (the "Amalgamation") with 836074 Yukon Inc. The Amalgamation was approved by 99.9% of the votes cast by shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders") at the Company's special meeting of Shareholders held on June 2, 2020, and the Amalgamation was completed pursuant to Section 183 and Section 184 of the Business Corporations Act (Yukon) ("YBCA"), on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in an amalgamation agreement (the "Amalgamation Agreement") dated June 3, 2020. Pursuant to the Amalgamation, Shareholders other than Glencore International AG ("GIAG") are entitled to receive C$0.16 in cash for each pre-Amalgamation common share of the Company ("Common Share"), for aggregate consideration of C$52,722,015.68. As a result of the Amalgamation, the Company is now wholly-owned, directly or indirectly, by GIAG.

Neo Lithium Cancels Incentive Stock OptionsTORONTO, June 3, 2020 /CNW/ - Neo Lithium Corp. ("Neo Lithium" or the "Company") (TSXV:NLC; OTCQX:NTTHF; FSE:NE2), announces that the Company has cancelled an aggregate of 2,950,000 incentive stock options (the "Cancelled Options") previously held by certain directors, officers, consultants and employees of the Company.

Guyana Goldfields Inc. Announces Receipt of Superior ProposalTORONTO, June 3, 2020 /CNW/ - Guyana Goldfields Inc. (TSX:GUY) ("Guyana Goldfields" or the "Company") announces that it has received a binding proposal from a foreign-based multinational mining company ("New Offeror") for the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company not already owned by the New Offeror (the "Common Shares") by way of a plan of arrangement (the "New Offer"). The Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") has unanimously determined, after consultation with its financial and legal advisors, that the New Offer constitutes a "Superior Proposal" in accordance with the terms of the arrangement agreement between the Company and Silvercorp Metals Inc. ("Silvercorp") dated April 26, 2020, as amended on May 16, 2020 (the "Silvercorp Arrangement Agreement").

Blackham Resources Ltd (ASX:BLK) Golden Age Drilling Delivering for WilunaBlackham Resources Limited (ASX:BLK) (FRA:NZ3) (OTCMKTS:BKHRF) is pleased to report further results from drilling at the high-grade Golden Age underground mine located within the Wiluna Mining Centre. The programme instigated in November 2019 aims to improve free-milling operations ahead of the Company's Stage 1 Expansion Plan which involves a transition to sulphide gold concentrate production ("Stage 1").

Libero Closes $4 Million Private PlacementVANCOUVER, BC, June 3, 2020 /CNW/ - Libero Copper & Gold Corporation (TSX-V: LBC, OTCQB: LBCMF) is pleased to announce that the third tranche of the non-brokered private placement upsized and announced on May 6, 2020 (the "Offering") has closed and consists of: 8,700,000 FT Units at a price of C$0.15 per Unit (the "FT UnitOffering") for gross aggregate proceeds of the entire placement of C$4,000,000. Eventus Capital Corp. acted as a finder.

Blount International Appoints Paul Tonnesen as Chief Executive OfficerPORTLAND, Ore., June 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Blount International, Inc. ("Blount" or "the Company") today announced the appointment of Paul Tonnesen as its Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Tonnesen succeeds Josh Collins, who served as Chief Executive Officer since 2009. Blount's President and Chief Operating Officer, David Willmott, will also be leaving the Company.

TVI Pacific Announces Application for Management Cease Trade OrderCALGARY, June 3, 2020 /CNW/ - TVI Pacific Inc. (TSXV: TVI) (OTCPINK: TVIPF) ("TVI" or the "Company") announced today that it has made an application to the Alberta Securities Commission to approve a temporary management cease trade order ("MCTO") under National Policy 12-203 - Management Cease Trade Orders ("NP 12-203"), which, if granted, will prohibit trading in securities of the Company by certain insiders of the Company, whether direct or indirect.

The 17-page premium update was published and emailed to subscribers around [3:30] AM Eastern Time Sunday. The update included a report on a junior with a world class asset that could have 10-bagger potential if the Gold bull market continues and you are willing to hold...Click here to continue...

In this interview, Jordan Roy-Byrne of TheDailyGold.com offers his outlook on gold and the junior gold sector. He also shares the primary GDXJ technical data point newer investors should focus on as well as discusses utilizing stop-losses on GDXJ. Jordan reveals his...Click here to continue...

The 25-page update was published and emailed to subscribers just after midnight EST. In this update we cover 8 companies we don’t own, the technical setups in our stocks and some key technical levels in Gold & Silver.

Jordan Roy-Byrne wraps up our editorials today with a look at the gold, silver, and GDX charts. We discuss the multi-year resistance levels that all are closing in on. Also a couple comments on the type of stocks that are moving. Click Here for TheDailyGold...Click here to continue...

TheDailyGold Premium Update #674 by Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMTThe 15-page update was published and emailed to subscribers early Sunday morning. In this mostly text update we covered a number of junior silver stocks and assessed the potential on the ones we own. We also discussed the type of silver stocks that could be the big winners...Click here to continue...

Near Term Upside Targets in Gold, Silver & Miners by Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMTThe precious metals sector could currently be trading within a bullish consolidation. The metals have consolidated and corrected for one month while the shares have been consolidating for three weeks. Gold and Silver have bounced from support several times while the shares...Click here to continue...